Putin’s visit to Japan’s Etorofu Island, an integral part of Japan’s Northern Territories occupied by Russia, is a blatant attempt to normalize illegal occupation and heighten tensions. It also underlines how closely the security of Europe and the Indo-Pacific is interconnected. #NorthernTerritories #RussiaJapanRelations #IndoPacificSecurity #JP #RU #EU
The Kuril Islands will be free again. Japan’s claim to the Northern Territories cannot be erased by threats from Moscow. Russia seized them in 1945, expelled the Japanese population, and has refused to resolve the dispute ever since. A future democratic, post-imperial Russia #KurilIslands #NorthernTerritories #JapanRussiaDispute #JP #RU
